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Autore |
Arthur J |
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Titolo |
African Women Immigrants in the United States [[electronic resource] ] : Crossing Transnational Borders / / by J. Arthur |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-67427-7 |
9786612674273 |
0-230-62391-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2009.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (243 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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America—History |
Asia—History |
Sociology |
Ethnology—Africa |
Anthropology |
History of the Americas |
Asian History |
Gender Studies |
African Culture |
Sociology, general |
Africa, West Emigration and immigration |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-224) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Centering gender in African regional migration -- Passage from the savannah grasslands of Africa to America -- Gender and forced migration : rebuilding shattered lives -- Gender and transnational Black immigrant identities -- Gender, migration, and work -- Rethreading fertility decisions in new settings. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This title depicts how immigrant women use international migration as a strategy to challenge existing patriarchal hegemonies operative both in the United States and Africa. It also weaves together the |
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